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During today's WWDC 2018 keynote, Apple announced the next generation of its mobile software in iOS 12. Here are the biggest points of news for iOS 12:

PERFORMANCE

Apple is doubling down on performance with the aim of making devices faster and more devices

iOS 12 will be available on all the same devices that support iOS 11 - this includes devices that shipped back in 2013.

Apps launch twice as fast on devices running iOS 12 on even the oldest devices

AUGMENTED REALITY

A major update in iOS 12 is more AR support. Adobe took the stage to introduced simplified tools that will allow developers to create better AR experiences.

There's a new file format for AR, called USDZ, created in collaboration with Pixar.

A new app, Measure, will allow you to take measurements in real-time using an iOS device with AR. A demo was shown measuring a suitcase using just an iPhone X.

Support for shared experiences is announced - multiple users can see the same AR environment in real-time. This allows developers to create worlds that people can all see simultaneously.

LEGO took the stage to demo a shared AR LEGO app

PHOTOS

The Photos app gets new updates and features, starting with search. Search Suggestions will highlight things like key moments, places you've taken photos, business names, and events like concerts and sporting events. You can search for multiple terms, like surfing and vacation, to drill down into your library.

Effect suggestions give you reccomendations to edits you can make to your photos to make them even better.

Sharing suggestions will find people in your photos and allow you to share them with the folks who are in them. Shared photos are full resolution.

When you share, the receiver will also be given a suggestion to share photos from the same event with you.

SIRI

Siri Shortcuts allows you to pull in specific tasks from your apps. An example given was "I lost my keys" to have Siri activate your Tile hardware.

You can create your own Siri Shortcuts as well, so you can put together your own shortcut phrases.

A demo was shown using Siri Shortcuts - the user said "travel plans" and got their hotel reservation with an image, address, and check-in time from Siri

A "Heading Home" shortcut is able to set the home thermostat, play a podcast, send an ETA to a contact, and turn on a HomeKit fan. Very impressive stuff.

APPS

The News app gets an updated sidebar to make navigation easier

The Stocks app gets more granular vision to see stock performance. Apple News stories are now integrated into the Stocks app as well, giving you business news on the stocks that you follow.

The Stocks app now comes to iPad with iOS 12.

Voice Memos app also comes to iPad with iOS 12, with iCloud support built-in for syncing across devices.

iBooks becomes Apple Books with a redesigned app.

In iOS 12, CarPlay will support third-party navigation apps.

DIGITAL HEALTH

Do Not Disturb is updated to hide notifications at night, and in the morning hides notifications until you specify that you want to see them.

Do Not Disturb allows you to choose much more granular timeframes rather than just optimized for overnight.

Notifications can be turned on or off on a per-app basis right from the lock screen

Notifications can now be grouped by app, topic, or thread. With a swipe, you can dismiss an entire group of notifications.

A new feature called Screentime offers reports, giving a weekly summary that shows how you used your iOS device. This shows how much time you spend in each app, how often per hour you pick up your phone, and which apps are sending you the most notifications.

App Limits allows you to set a limited amount of time that you'd like to use specific apps per day.

Kids get activity reports too, and parents get reports on their own devices of their kids usage. Parents can also create downtime periods and app limits. This is setup through the Family Sharing interfaces.

MESSAGES

Animoji now support tongue detection for sticking tongues out

New ghost, koala, tiger, and T-Rex Animoji characters

Apple announces Memoji, allowing you to create your own customized 3D emoji character that looks like you

Memoji has a slick creator app to design your character

The Messages camera now includes effects, filters, stickers, and even Animoji and Memoji right in the camera

FACETIME

Apple announces Group FaceTime, which allows you to chat with up to 32 simultaneous participants

You can use both audio or video

FaceTime is integrated into Messages, allowing you to quickly do a Group FaceTime right from a group chat

A demo is shown, and as people speak, they become bigger on screen, or you can choose who to bring front and center

The same effects mentioned above in Messages also applies to the FaceTime camera

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At WWDC 2018, Apple announced the next version of its desktop operating system for Macs, macOS Mojave. Here's what's new!

MACOS MOJAVE FEATURES

Apple starts by showing off a new Dark Mode for macOS. It changes the color of the app windows, toolbars, dock, and more.

Dynamic Desktop is a feature where your desktop wallpaper subtley changes throughout the day based on the time.

Desktop Stacks is a feature that groups all of the files, folders, and tags to auto-organize your desktop. Stack icons are also scrubbable.

The Finder gets a new view called Gallery view. Makes it easy to preview images, videos, PDFs, documents, etc.

New Finder sidebar to see the full metadata of any file(s) you have selected, along with quick actions along the bottom of the sidebar.

Markup has been added to Quick Look

New screenshots functionality - similar to iOS, the screenshot appears in the bottom corner of the screen, and when you click on it, you get a Quick Look with a bunch of readily-available tools

A new screenshot tool also allows for quick video recording

New Continuity Camerea feature allows you to use your iOS device as a camera to insert photos into Mac documents. This can also be used for document scanning from an iOS device into a Mac doc.

Enhanced eGPU support

APPS

The Apple News app is coming to the Mac in macOS Mojave

The Stocks app is also coming to the Mac in Mojave

Voice Memos will be part of Mojave as well, with iCloud syncing

Apple's Home app will ship with macOS Mojave, allowing you to control your smart home devices, along with Siri support

SECURITY AND PRIVACY

Apple is extending protection to Cameras, Microphones, Backups, Message history, and much more

In Safari, Apple is auto-hiding even more tracking scripts connected to like buttons and comment fields

Safari is also making it harder for trackers to create a fingerprint of your device, so your Mac appears to look like everyone else's Mac, making it harder for ad companies to track you

MAC APP STORE

Apple has completely redesigned the Mac App Store

Similar to iOS, the Mac App Store will feature editorials and stories

Videos of apps are built in to give a better idea of how the apps look and feel

More categories like Create, Work, Play, and Develop to easier find groups of apps

Microsoft is bringing Office 365 to the Mac App Store

Panic is bringing Transmit

BareBones bringing BBEdit

Adobe is bringing Lightroom

Apple also answered the question of whether they are merging macOS and iOS - the answer is "No!" However, Apple will be allowing iOS apps on the Mac through a new set of UI instructions. It starts in 2018 with News, Stocks, Home, and Voice Memos. In 2019, developers will have access to these tools as well.

In watchOS 5, you can challenge any friend to a seven day Activity challenge. You get shown where you stand in the competition, and earn awards in the Activity app.

There is now a new workout type for yoga. You can more accurately track yoga sessions.

Hiking gets a new workout type.

You can now track your rolling mile pace when running, along with steps per minute data.

Automatic Workout Detection where the watch will offer to start a workout with a notification when it senses a workout has started, and give you credit retroactively. watchOS will also auto-recognize when you end a workout if you forget.

CONNECTED FEATURES

watchOS 5 will have a Walkie-Talkie feature. You just press to talk, and the person on the other end can hear you immediately. You have to specifically enable the feature on a per-contact basis.

SIRI WATCH FACE

Siri watch face will integrate sports data, Siri shortcuts

Siri watch face will support third-party apps on watchOS 5

You no longer need to say "Hey Siri" when you raise your wrist to speak to the Watch

NOTIFICATIONS

Interactive notifications are now in watchOS 5. You can Apple Pay, check in, leave reviews, etc right from a notification.

watchOS 5 includes WebKit to see web content right on the Watch from an email or message.

PODCASTS

Apple Podcasts app will be available on watchOS 5, with full account syncing and Siri support.

APPS

Apps can include interactive controls right in an app. Do things like extend parking, order food, etc.

Oculus Go, a new VR headset from the Facebook-owned company, sprang onto shelves in a surprise launch Tuesday. It's lower-powered than existing headsets like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, but is portable and costs just $199. Is it the future of virtual reality? We debate on this episode of Geared Up.

Plus, T-Mobile and Sprint are finally tieing the knot with a huge merger. It will give the combined company (still called T-Mobile) a shot at competing with Verizon and AT&T as long as they can convince the Trump Administration to let the deal go through.

And in more huge news, Apple reported record-breaking iPhone sales in the first months of 2018, squashing rumors that the iPhone 10 has been struggling. Hear all that and more on this weekís episode of Geared Up, hosted by GeekWire Editor Todd Bishop and Gear Live's Andru Edwards. Watch the behind-the-scenes video above, listen in the player below, or subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast app.

Earlier this week, Samsung invited me to spend a day in Vegas to attend CinemaCon, where the company was announcing it’s line of Samsung Onyx 4K LED movie theater displays. CinemaCon is the largest gathering of movie theater owners in the world, where seemingly anyone who’s anyone in the movie industry can be found, making this the perfect place to show off trailers and extended previews of upcoming movies, as well as movie theater tech. This made CinemaCon the perfect place for Samsung to debut the Onyx.

Formerly known as Samsung LED Cinema Displays, the easiest way to describe the rebranded Samsung Onyx is to liken it to the high-end flagship 4K HDR displays that you can buy for your home, but on a much grander scale. What this means is you get a crisp 4K picture, you get the insane dynamic range from the HDR luminance, and you get the high contrast thanks to the True Black capabilities.

A few weeks ago, I produced a video giving you a look at Shuffle and both its Shuffle app and upcoming Shuffle PrivateLine app (embedded below) while outlining the massive privacy implications of using various 2nd phone number apps, which feeds into the current robocall epidemic we’re experiencing here in the US. Now, Shuffle is back with the results of even more custom research on this topic, and it’s eye-opening. If you feel like you’ve been getting nonstop robocalls lately, you’re not alone.

In fact, there were over 30.5 billion robocalls placed in the United States in 2017, an increase over the 29.3 billion in 2016. This isn’t something that’s slowing down, either, as December 2017 saw a massive 2.8 billion unsolicited (at best) or illegal (at worst) calls - that’s an average of 89.6 million every day, or 8.6 calls for every person.

As I waited in the lobby at Capital One in Seattle, a group of well-dressed, inquisitive 13-year-olds arrived - joking, laughing, all while keeping their voices down in order to mind their manners. I eavesdropped a bit to get a sense for what they were feeling, and it was a mixture of excitement and nervousness. They were here at Capital One to learn about what it takes to succeed in a career in the fast-growing world of tech.

In a move that seemed to surprised everyone at today's iPhone 7 event, Nintendo announced that Mario was finally coming to iOS with a new game for the iPhone and iPad - Super Mario Run. The company is touting this as the first Mario game that you can play with one hand, and it'll be available for download in December.

During today's iPhone 7 event, Apple announced the new Apple Watch Series 2. The new Series 2 Watch is now swim proof, and can withstand depths of up to 50 meters. The display tech has been improved as well, with a 1,000 nit brightness level, and that's paired with the new S2 chip to provide more power to the Apple Watch. It's a dual-core chip that allows for 60 frames per second on your wrist. To keep up with sports watches, there's also a built-in GPS sensor which can work independently of Wi-Fi, so if you're out on a hike, your Watch Series 2 will work for you.

Apple also announced a new ceramic finish for the Apple Watch Series 2, which is a new addition and will sit alongside the Apple Watch Sport's aluminum finish and the stainless steel models.

Theres a new Apple Watch version as well, in the Apple Watch Nike+, which features a perforated Sport band. The Nike+ version of the Apple Watch includes software optimized for runners, including shortcuts for starting a run, custom motivation for runners, and more.

You'll be a ble to pick up the new Apple Watch Series 2 on September 16th, and it starts at $369. You can also pick up the original Apple Watch Series 1, which is updated with the new S2 chip, for $269.